daniel + sarah - wedding at the montage

I will have a lot to say about this special day when i am settled with my move and the holidays. But I just wanted to get this up for the family who couldn't make it to the wedding. I'll elaborate on it some more later but to give this video context, the bride's parents and many of her friends could not make it to the wedding due to bad weather and unsafe flying conditions.

Needless to say, I wanted to get those people something to see asap.

Moving to Corona!

Hey everyone. Just wanted to give you a quick heads up that i will be moving my home office to the city of Corona. I am very excited as the new property is a lot bigger and has a huge loft that will be my new screening room. It will also be substantially closer to my main client bases of OC & LA while remaining close to SD as I have lots of weddings down there as well. Pics soon to follow!

john + krista - ayres hotel wedding

I have had this one circled on my calendar for awhile now. Ever since I started chatting with MOB - and fellow USC fan- Pam about her daughters wedding months ago, I knew it would be an awesome day. It did not disappoint. Pam and Krista and the rest of the families were just so incredibly sweet and I immediately felt as if I was amongst lifelong friends.

I got a chance to work with two very awesome coordinators in Kathy Recchia and Lori Mishler from Save the Date Events. They were so helpful to us and Lori even gave me a ride back from the church when I got stranded when Wes forgot to give me my keys back! It turned out to be a nice time to get to know each other and chat about our businesses.

Check out the awesome photos by Next Exit photography!



One of the highlights was the wild party introduction at the reception. You see, the groom John plays for the professional soccer team the Chicago Fire so you knew they know how to celebrate! In true soccer player fashion, the introduction was spectacular and just had to be included in their cinema reale'. Luckily they had chosen two different songs to be combined and worked out perfectly as the second song is an instrumental with some great tempo changes. The first song used for prep and first sight is Joshua Radin's "Only You".

nick + anna - wayfarers chapel wedding

Such a sweet couple! I had so much fun shooting this wedding. It doesn't hurt when the coolest photog on the planet was shooting along side me! Laura Grier from Beautiful Day Photography is not only super talented, she is has the absolute best attitude ever and we always have so much fun.

One of the trends with weddings this year has been where couples will do something fun and lively in lieu of a traditional slow dance in the middle of the dance floor. I have to be honest. I did not expect something like that from this couple and they freaking ROCKED it! They basically took us all through a journey of popular dance songs/styles from the 50's until modern times much like the famous clip "Evolution of Dance" on YouTube. It had everyone dying of laughter!



Oh yeah, they also had a cinema reale too. Done to Ingrid Michaelson's "The Way I Am" (brides song) and my personal choice of Plum's "Here With Me" I came up with to finish the clip. And some sprinkling of personal vows for good measure. :)